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Food
Food, dining and restaurant news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Food dispatches: Super Bowl party at Oxbow in Portland and Hugo’s reopens after break
Still looking for a place to watch the game? Look no more.
Hot pretzels and cheese dip will have crowds cheering your name
Surprise football fans with a treat that says, ‘This is as good as being at the stadium.’
For a New Orleans classic, a smothering of shrimp swims in Creole gravy
This etouffee evokes the distinct flavor of the French Quarter.
Eating less meat can make a real difference in fighting climate change
You don’t have to give up meat entirely, but changing your habits would help the planet.
Three ways to add lobster to your Super Bowl party
No matter who you’re rooting for Sunday, you should be loyal to lobster.
Potato chips you can feel better about eating
The carbon footprint is less; alas the calories are probably the same.
Another Public Market House food vendor closing
Granny’s Burritos, a downtown Portland mainstay since 1995, will close Sunday or Monday.
Two Kittery restaurants join ‘sanctuary’ movement to protect immigrant workers
Though owner Michael Landgarten hires workers who have visas, he believes there is ‘considerable fear’ about deportations in an industry that relies on immigrant workers.
Recipe for fruit cocktail cookies
An old recipe resurrects the fruit cocktail (remember?)